Maynooth is a great town. I'm considering buying an investment property there. I used to rent there once. Its got a intel and HP a few miles out the road employing about 5000 people each. Its got a university with 6000 students and about a thousand staff. It has a motorway, a train station and good dublin bus/nitelink service. Having viewed about 10 houses around maynooth I found the houses in newtown hall are quite small compared to the older houses in estates like Kingsbry. I belive that in 10 years time Kingsbry houses will be far easier to sell than a tiny new house. You can get a good 3 bed simi in Kingsbry for 330ish. They used to cost 410 before prices started to fall. Ill probably buy there in the next 4 months.